Rocky Mountain National Park- October 2005

Moraine Park meadow, with Thatchtop. The next day, we saw aproximately 300 elk at Moraine Park!

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:19 -0700

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Moraine Park meadow, with Thatchtop. The next day, we saw aproximately 300 elk at Moraine Park!

Hallet Peak and Flattop Mountain behind Bear Lake

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:53:33 -0700

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Hallet Peak and Flattop Mountain behind Bear Lake

Nymph Lake, Hallet Peak

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:54:33 -0700

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Nymph Lake, Hallet Peak

Longs Peak (14,255). Taken from Emerald Lake Trail between Emerald Lake and Dream Lake. Left to Right- Half Mountain, Storm Peak, Longs Peak

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:56:25 -0700

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Longs Peak (14,255). Taken from Emerald Lake Trail between Emerald Lake and Dream Lake. Left to Right- Half Mountain, Storm Peak, Longs Peak

Emerald Lake, with Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain.

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:58:15 -0700

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Emerald Lake, with Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain.

Flattop Mountain, from Emerald Lake

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:04:43 -0700

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Flattop Mountain, from Emerald Lake

Pinnacles on Flattop Mountain. Doesn't look like a flat top from here!

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:05:25 -0700

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Pinnacles on Flattop Mountain. Doesn't look like a flat top from here!

View of Longs Peak from Emerald Lake trail.

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:03:35 -0700

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View of Longs Peak from Emerald Lake trail.

Longs Peak and Thatchtop

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:00:13 -0700

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Longs Peak and Thatchtop

Chris and Heidi at Dream Lake. Longs Peak and Thatchtop in the background. Thanks for taking this picture Dean!

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:02:02 -0700

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Chris and Heidi at Dream Lake. Longs Peak and Thatchtop in the background. Thanks for taking this picture Dean!

Elk hanging out along the road, just outside of Estes Park

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:08:28 -0700

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Elk hanging out along the road, just outside of Estes Park

As we drove back into Estes Park after our first day of hiking, we encountered many elk! There were 30-40 elk haning out on a miniature golf course, and some were casually standing in the ro ...

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:06:21 -0700

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As we drove back into Estes Park after our first day of hiking, we encountered many elk! There were 30-40 elk haning out on a miniature golf course, and some were casually standing in the ro ...

Our second day at RMNP was quite different from the first! After being 60 and sunny the previous day, we woke up to a small amount of fresh snow and temperatures that never got above 40. T ...

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:48:17 -0700

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Our second day at RMNP was quite different from the first! After being 60 and sunny the previous day, we woke up to a small amount of fresh snow and temperatures that never got above 40. T ...

Dean, Chris, and Alan. Above Alberta Falls. Near the beginning of our 6 mile hike on the Glacier Gorge Trail to Mills Lake and Jewel Lake.

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:10:26 -0700

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Dean, Chris, and Alan. Above Alberta Falls. Near the beginning of our 6 mile hike on the Glacier Gorge Trail to Mills Lake and Jewel Lake.

Alberta Falls

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:09:27 -0700

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Alberta Falls

1.7 miles into the hike to Mills Lake.

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:19:23 -0700

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1.7 miles into the hike to Mills Lake.

Heidi and Dean

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:10:57 -0700

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Heidi and Dean

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nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:12:25 -0700

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Heidi on the Glacier Gorge Trail

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:18:57 -0700

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Heidi on the Glacier Gorge Trail

Chris on the trail

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:11:53 -0700

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Chris on the trail

Mills Lake. You would usually have great views of Longs Peak, Thatchtop, Arrowhead, and Pagoda Mountain surrounding Mills Lake. Today, the view was of clouds!

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:14:07 -0700

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Mills Lake. You would usually have great views of Longs Peak, Thatchtop, Arrowhead, and Pagoda Mountain surrounding Mills Lake. Today, the view was of clouds!

Jewel Lake. We thought we were going to get some sun at this point, but it lasted about 2 minutes. This was where we turned around to head back to the trailhead, aproximately 6 miles round ...

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:15:46 -0700

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Jewel Lake. We thought we were going to get some sun at this point, but it lasted about 2 minutes. This was where we turned around to head back to the trailhead, aproximately 6 miles round ...

Heidi made a friend!

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:16:49 -0700

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Heidi made a friend!

Mills Lake

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:18:27 -0700

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Mills Lake

Elk hanging out in Moraine Park

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:49:11 -0700

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Elk hanging out in Moraine Park

Elk in Moraine Park

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:51:52 -0700

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Elk in Moraine Park

Some of the 200-300 elk in Moraine Park meadow near the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park

nobody@smugmug.com (cessna) — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:50:50 -0700

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Some of the 200-300 elk in Moraine Park meadow near the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park